Here, five writers with roots and homes across the continent and diaspora sift through a wide world of sounds for some of the ...

Lebanese singer-songwriter Yasmine Hamdan returns with mournful minimalism, Mohinder Kaur Bhamra’s 1982 album of Punjabi disco makes a comeback and Venezuelan-Guatemalan duo Titanic serve up ecstatic ...

It was a fantastic year for new music, with some truly wild, innovative and ambitious albums on offer. These were 10 of the ...

Strange folk, lost pop, disco oddities and, um, Dido – here are the forgotten tracks that became this year’s most replayed revelations ...

Yazmin Lacey’s second album, Teal Dreams, builds on her well-received multi-genre debut, “Voice Notes” (2023). Featuring a ...

Looking back at the year in music, it was very much a “Golden” age. But, demon hunting aside, did it also count as golden ...

Midnight Sun by Zara Larsson is 2025’s overlooked pop gem, full of irresistible singles that deserved way more attention.

Including Britpop classics, punk rarities, a different side of Nick Drake, an over-the-top Big '80s masterpiece, '90s ambient ...

Nothing soothes the soul and also allows one to rock out quite like power ballads, especially these four classics from 1981.

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The year before delivered some of the best albums not just of that year, but of all time. After a period packed with ...

Just like that, 2025 has come to a close. It has been another year of brilliant music: lets be honest, it's hard to have a ...